Manchester City look ready to part ways with Edin Dzeko, as a 20 million Euro bid from Roma seems imminent.

The summer has been a quiet one for Roma so far; troublingly quiet.

For a team with glaring holes at full-back and striker, only minor moves have been confirmed while their rivals have gone from strength to strength.

Look at the ease and speed with which Juventus replaced Carlos Tevez, Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal with Sami Khedira, Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic. Inter Milan mean business with the acquisitions of Miranda, Stevan Jovetic and Geoffrey Kondogbia.

AS Roma head coach Rudi Garcia would not leak who or what he side is looking for, but says Roma needs three players for three specific roles.

On the eve of Roma's final match of last season, manager Rudi Garcia adopted a curious strategy with the media. The spin he put on the campaign might be termed a negative positive.

"We're top of 'our' league," he said, "because as I said after our last game, Juventus are without equal." It recalled the assertion made by Francesco Totti after Roma lost a top-of-the-table clash to the champions in Turin last October in controversial circumstances.

Roma captain Francesco Totti leads his side out at the Stadio Olimpico for the derby on May 25.

In the latest edition of ESPN FC's derbies series, which features eyewitness insights into some of the biggest rivalries in world football, Paolo Bandini goes to Italy to experience the Rome derby between Lazio and Roma.

ROME -- The Stranger has been eyeballing me for a good minute from the end of the bar. At first I ignore him. But then I see him lean in toward the barman and gesture in my direction. He whispers, just loud enough that I can hear: "Is that guy a policeman?"

Roma midfielder Miralem Pjanic has been vocal in wanting his fellow Bosnian Edin Dzeko to join the Serie A side.

Roma transfers can often seem long and dragged out. While that may be true of every club to some extent, fans have watched impatiently as the club negotiated back and forth for the permanent transfer of Radja Nainggolan from Cagliari.

This was an affair that should have been settled sooner than it was last week because the importance of keeping the Belgian at the club was simply unquestionable.

The second part of his registration fee from Cagliari cost Roma €9 million, exactly half of what...

Carlos Bacca could be the striker Roma turn to to jump-start their attack.

Roma's season might have just ended, but director of football Walter Sabatini is already a busy man. Just this week, the club have been linked with three high-profile aditions.

The attack seems destined to be the first area addressed. Of course, this has been the team's Achilles' heel since January. Roma finished the season with just 54 goals scored, a miserly amount compared to Juventus' 72, Lazio's 71 and Napoli's 70. In all, seven teams scored more goals than the Giallorossi last season, and...

Did Roma's 2-1 home defeat to Palermo seem familiar? For once this season, it's actually not a disappointing loss, though it does recall the run of dire results seen after Christmas, when the side couldn't seem to get more than a rare win before they came together to defeat Lazio and ensure second place.

Instead, it harkens back to the series of three losses that came about the past season, after manager Rudi Garcia and his men secured second, featuring a side of second-string players and youth options...